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[LDPE] 1.9.02 Released (SlicerPro2 rectifier settings / auto-save (beta)) - Nils Schmidt - 2026-03-21
Hey,
this release 1.9.02 lets you disable the rectifier run which is active in SlicerPro2.
I also added the "auto-save" feature for Jeff. It is disabled by default!
I do not recommend to enable this, because of the current side-effects of this new feature (e.g. it clears the current selection in the 3D view on save. You'll find it under "Tools... -> Options... ->Interval for auto-save [minutes]").
As always, you can download LDPE from this page:
http://nilsschmidt1337.github.io/ldparteditor/
Changelog:
(2 new features)
With this release you will be able to...
- ...toggle the default Rectifier post-processing for SlicerPro.
- ...use the new "Auto-Save" feature. It is disabled by default. Don't enable it, unless you really need it. I suggest 6 minutes as a setting, the maximum value is 10 minutes. You'll find it under "Tools... -> Options... ->Interval for auto-save [minutes]") (see #521).
The program was tested intensively with "real world" files.
However, something can go wrong in about 140.000 lines of code.
Installation on Windows:
- Download and extract LDPartEditor_win32_x64.zip
- Run LDPartEditor-1.9.02.msi
- Start LDPartEditor from the start menu
- Download and extract LDPartEditor_linux_x64.zip
- Install ldparteditor_1.9.02-1_amd64.deb
- Start LDPartEditor from the menu or via launcher
- Download and extract LDPartEditor_mac_x64.zip
- Mount LDPartEditor-1.9.02.dmg
- Drag LDPartEditor.app to the Applications folder
- Copy ldparteditor.sh to your home folder
4a. Open a Terminal.app and run ./ldparteditor.sh
4b. Or open a Terminal.app and run /Applications/LDPartEditor.app/Contents/MacOS/LDPartEditor
I listen carefully to your requests and possible complaints. Please leave me a message, with your thoughts and wishes to further improve the software.
LDPE is a 3D CAD application: The overall system requirements are higher. While I recommend to use a powerful 64-bit multicore system, it could be possible, to run LDPE on older machines as well.
System Requirements:
Minimum System Requirements:
- OpenGL 2.1 compatible Graphics Card
- Operating System (64-bit): Windows [7 or newer], Linux [e.g. Linux Mint >=22], Mac OS X [>=14]
- CPU: Multicore-Processor e.g. Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon II (>2.0Ghz)
- RAM: 4GB
- Video-Memory: 1 GB
- Free Disk Space: 150 MB
- Operating System (64bit): Windows 7,8,10,11, Linux [e.g. Linux Mint >=22], Mac OS X [>=14]
- OpenGL 3.3 compatible Graphics Card
- CPU: Multicore-Processor with 4 cores (or more)
- RAM: >4 GB
- Video-Memory: >1 GB
- Free Disk Space: 500 MB
- For a faster start, LDPartEditor and the LDraw™ library should be installed on an SSD.
RE: [LDPE] 1.9.02 Released (SlicerPro2 rectifier settings / auto-save (beta)) - Magnus Forsberg - 2026-03-28
I think LDPE misinterprets Star Wars patterned parts, with pattern suffix like -ps1, as subfiles.
I get a strange error message in the problem window:
Code:
line 2 : The part name does not match to the type of the file (change the part name).
line 4 : The part type does not match to the name of the file (change the part type).RE: [LDPE] 1.9.02 Released (SlicerPro2 rectifier settings / auto-save (beta)) - Nils Schmidt - 2026-03-28
(2026-03-28, 15:35)Magnus Forsberg Wrote: I think LDPE misinterprets Star Wars patterned parts, with pattern suffix like -ps1, as subfiles.
Thanks, Magnus. I created a bug ticket (#1196).
RE: [LDPE] 1.9.02 Released (SlicerPro2 rectifier settings / auto-save (beta)) - N. W. Perry - 2026-04-02
I would like to suggest an enhancement to the "Set XYZ for selection" feature. I would like it to be able to add a missing third coordinate when only two are present.
Use case:
I frequently paste pairs of 2D coordinates from Inkscape into LDPE. I convert these into a list of vertices by adding the !LPE VERTEX meta, but I have to add the third coordinate manually.
I'd like to be able to select the list of vertices, open "Set XYZ", check the "Y" option and set a value of 0 or 1 (or anything), and have LDPE create a Y coordinate with that value for the list of vertices. So the pairs of coordinates I pasted become the X and Z values. (By checking the X or Z option, of course, you could have the third coordinate be created in that position instead.)
Thanks for considering. :-)
RE: [LDPE] 1.9.02 Released (SlicerPro2 rectifier settings / auto-save (beta)) - N. W. Perry - 2026-04-08
Here's a bug, although a rather understandable one:
-Open Find/Replace dialog
-With a value entered in the "Find" field, paste text containing multiple lines (carriage returns) into the "Replace with" field
-Choose "Replace all"
LDPE will hang and have to be killed from the command line.
Issue doesn't occur if you simply choose "Replace" (once).
Find/Replace bug (which OS?) - Nils Schmidt - 2026-04-09
(2026-04-08, 17:39)N. W. Perry Wrote: Here's a bug, although a rather understandable one...
What operating system is in use? I can't reproduce the bug on Windows.
RE: Find/Replace bug (which OS?) - N. W. Perry - 2026-04-09
(2026-04-09, 19:49)Nils Schmidt Wrote: What operating system is in use? I can't reproduce the bug on Windows.
Oh, it’s MacOS. The most recent version (so 26.4).
RE: Find/Replace bug (which OS?) - Nils Schmidt - 2026-04-10
(2026-04-09, 21:58)N. W. Perry Wrote: Oh, it’s MacOS. The most recent version (so 26.4).
Thanks, I was able to reproduce it and created an issue (#1197).
This can also happen on Windows and linux with search and replaces like "b" -> "bb"... This bug exists since the first release of LDPE.
RE: Find/Replace bug (which OS?) - N. W. Perry - 2026-04-10
(2026-04-10, 8:30)Nils Schmidt Wrote: Thanks, I was able to reproduce it and created an issue (#1197).
This can also happen on Windows and linux with search and replaces like "b" -> "bb"... This bug exists since the first release of LDPE.
Thanks. I discovered this by accident when I pasted the wrong clipboard into the dialog, but then I realized there might be a need to replace with multi-line text for some users.
This also got me wondering if I could use Find/Replace to add the missing coordinate to my list of vertexes (described above). I tried to copy the end-of-line <cr> character and replace it with "0 <cr>". This caused the same hang of course, but if the bug were fixed it looks like this would solve both my problems at once!
